I'm game - tho' I think June is a little optimistic, even for my grape tomatoes - but never say never!

I have nine growing - in pots - in walls o water. There are flowers on the yellow grapes and on an early variety called Northern Exposure....or is that the yellow boy? I always think I will remember so I don't label them. I know they aren't either of the heirlooms.

Can't wait for a real BLT!!!

Since this is only my 2nd season growing tomatoes, (first year with OP's) I will have to serve as comedic relief.

Your tomatoes won't be pleading guilty to any steroid use, will they?
h.

North central Indiana here. I'm in! I have several (about 10) planted and ready to go heirlooms included! I know I am far from a shue in but hey, nothing like a little healthy competition!

Holly,

You have me laughing! I have 12 potato leaf tomatoes, 3 other heirlooms, and three grape tomatoes. The grapes have flowers. I had all of my plants in the ground at the end of March with remay and plastic over the bed. The tomatoes are all about two feet high now and seem to be doing well.

As to steroid use, they plead innocent. Some fresh from the farm goat berries is all they got this year. I read somewhere that tomatoes can take it so I figured I'd give it a try. They also have a nice layer of leaf mould over them since the temp can get pretty steamy under the plastic if I'm not careful. Now they are out in the open and loving the fresh air.

I really want a tomato in June!

I am a zone 4...which puts me well behind all of you...but can I participate??? I have flowers on many of my 20 plants!!! I have peppers already started for sure! Banana peppers are showing little peppers and many other pepper plants have flowers! My zucchini, 3 plants are also flowering!!!

Can I play? Can I play? No steroids here though! Just some coffee grounds and manure purchased at Manards!

I near springfield IL. I have aready had a tomato out of garden. I recieved it from some FFA kids that started in the green house. They gave it to my grandmother while she worked on a cummunity garden around easter time and she passed it to me. It was a Roma of some kind. It did have a pretty good start but no ripe fruit by any means. I have two more that should ripen in the next couple days. When I got it was in a small pot and I moved it to a 5 gal bucket and moved it in and out for about 3 wk. Then just put it in the garden. I really should keep a journal so I could give you better dates.

>I am a zone 4...which puts me well behind all of you...but can I participate??? I

The ONLY thing zones tell you are the average annual coldest temperature in winter. It has nothing to do with frost dates, how quickly the soil warms or anything else. You might have an earlier last frost date and the soil might warm sooner than people in zone 5. These things vary from area to area.

When my daughter lived in Minnesota she was in the same zone as me but she could plant two to three weeks earlier because it warmed up sooner there than it does here. So plant away - you just might win!

I will play.....but most likey will be the last. My plants have been in the ground for 2 weeks.
I have 3 Cherokee purple, and 1 mortgage lifter, and 1 large cherry.....no flowers yet on the cherry, and the blossoms that were on the big guys i pinched off ;).
I am experimenting with how large of fruit i can get and i read on here to pinch the first blossoms off. and beacause they are all 85 day maturity, i most likely have to suffer until early august to have a BLT.
but thats ok i guess......last year without out trying I had 2 CP that made it over 2lbs.
I really like to have my tomatoes be the same size as my bread! :)

Tina

Yeah, when comparing my own weather this spring to some spots (lot higher zone numbers) i was well ahead of them in the heat department. I'm in, but only have a few flowers. I've also got around 10 plants. Last year my first ripe one was in late June.

Game on. I'm in Toledo (Z5) and started 2 Early Girls in Jan in my garage, moved them into a small cold frame in March & have had them in the ground for about a month. Only had to cover them 1x or 2x. They have about 1/2" tomatoes on them right now. Too bad I didn't start a REALLY early variety (like 4th of July), which I don't plant b/c I don't like the taste.

I'm in.

I have a few patio set on and a Mr Stripey that's about 1" across.

It's been so cloudy and wet here - I don't know if we'll ever have ripe tomatoes.

We have two teeny little peppers on, a purpe and an ornage bell. My basil is just sitting there waiting for sunlight!

Wow. In reading how far everyone else has progressed, I don't know wheather to drop out (ala Kramer) or keep Stallone's number on speed dial....